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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 Russia's space agency on Tuesday blamed a failed satellite launch from its new cosmodrome on a programming error, prompting an angry response from the deputy prime minister in charge of space. On November 28 Russia lost contact with its Meteor-M weather satellite after its launch from the new Vostochny cosmodrome - only the second such launch since the facility opened in the country's far east last year. The failure "exposed a hidden problem in the algorithm" that never manifested itself in sim ... read more |
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Ariane 5 rocket takes off with European GPS satellitesKourou (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 An Ariane 5 rocket took off from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana on Tuesday, taking with it four satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation project, Arianespace said. ... more  
NASA Establishes Advisory Group for National Space CouncilWashington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 NASA has established a new advisory group on behalf of the National Space Council that will represent the expertise, interests and perspectives of non-federal aerospace organizations to the National ... more  
Aerospace's SeedTECH AI advances to second round of $5M IBM Watson XPRIZEEl Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 The Aerospace Corporation's (Aerospace) SeedTECH Artificial Intelligence (AI) team is one of 59 teams out of 147 that are advancing to the second round of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE - a $5 million AI ... more 
Tokyo airport to be 'scattered' with robots for 2020 OlympicsTokyo (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 Visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can expect to arrive at an airport "scattered" with robots to help them, an official said Tuesday as he unveiled seven new machines to perform tasks from helping with luggage to language assistance. ... more |
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Space Policy Directive calls for human expansion across the solar systemWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 President Donald Trump is sending astronauts back to the Moon. The president Monday signed at the White House Space Policy Directive 1, a change in national space policy that provides for a U.S.-led ... more 
Rocket Lab makes another attempt at rocket launch in New ZealandWashington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2017 Aerospace startup company Rocket Lab will make another attempt to launch its Electron rocket tonight. Its last attempt was scrubbed when the International Space Station got in the way. ... more  
JPL Deploys a CubeSat for AstronomyPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2017 Tiny satellites called CubeSats have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Besides allowing researchers to test new technologies, their relative simplicity also offers hands-on training to e ... more 
Space Kingdom Asgardia Deploys First Satellite Into Low Earth OrbitVienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 The first of its kind, the Space Kingdom of Asgardia has placed a tiny satellite into low Earth orbit making it the first "nation" to have its territory in space, despite legal disputes. Asgar ... more  
Nuclear fusion project faces delay over US budget cuts: directorWashington (AFP) Dec 7, 2017 The head of the multinational nuclear fusion project known as ITER, in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump's administration, has warned US budget cuts could delay completion of the experimental reactor. ... more 
Robots foresee future with automated visualized predictionsBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed a robotic learning technology that enables robots to imagine the future of their actions so they can figure out how to manipulate objec ... more |
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 Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platforms 
Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei KrikalevMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017 To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the first ever human-made object in space - the Russian Sputnik satellite - we spoke with record breaking Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev about the evolu ... more  
Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flightParis (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday. Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for ... more 
Nozzle Assemblies Complete for Exploration Mission-1 Solid Rocket BoostersWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster prime contractor Orbital ATK recently completed work at its Utah facilities on the booster nozzles for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight o ... more 
Rocket Lab to launch rocket from New ZealandWashington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017 Aerospace startup company Rocket Lab have delayed plans to launch its Electron rocket until Friday. ... more |
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  Houston TX (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
How a material breaks may be the most important property to consider when designing layered composites that mimic those found in nature. A method by Rice University engineers decodes the interactions between materials and the structures they form and can help maximize their strength, toughness, stiffness and fracture strain.
In a study that required more than 400 computer simulations of pl ... more Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Russia says 'satellite' could have caused radioactive pollution  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' Prototypes  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2017US has lost dominance in highly intense, ultrafast laser technology to Europe and Asia |
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With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 
Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday.
Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for 18:36 GMT (19:36 CET, 15:36 local time), carrying Galileo satellites 19-22.
Completion of Galileo's Ariane 5 rocket took place in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, following the arrival t ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Arianespace's second Ariane 5 launch for the Galileo constellation and Europe  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber  Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017Space technology to drive autonomous ships |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 
South Africa's state-owned defense company, Denel SOC Ltd., is selling 12 surplus Cheetah fighter jets to Draken International, a U.S.-based tactical fighter training company.
The sales contract, announced Tuesday by Denel, includes return to service and flight acceptance tests in South Africa and aircraft delivery to the United States. The company is also pursuing post-delivery logisti ... more Ottawa (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Canada to buy 18 used Australian jetsw  Doha (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Qatar signs $8-bn deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from UK  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Bell-Boeing awarded contract for materials, support of V-22 Osprey |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 
Toshiba settled legal disputes with US production partner Western Digital, both firms said Wednesday, clearing the way for the embattled Japanese conglomerate's multi-billion-dollar sale of its prized chip business.
Toshiba has been on the ropes after the disastrous acquisition of US nuclear energy firm Westinghouse, which racked up billions of dollars in losses before being placed under ban ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Secure information transmission over 500m fiber links based on quantum technologies  London UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Squeezing light into a tiny channel brings optical computing a step closer  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers quantify factors for reducing power semiconductor resistance by two-thirds |
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A spaceborne lidar instrument that fired more laser pulses than any previous orbiting instrument has ended its operations on the International Space Station, after a successful 33-month mission to measure clouds and tiny atmospheric particles that play key roles in Earth's climate and weather.
During its mission, NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) lidar provided measurements of t ... more Leeds UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Understanding the climate impact of natural atmospheric particles  Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2017Sentinel-5P brings air pollution into focus  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 08, 2017First global maps of traits that drive vegetation growth |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017 
The ocean's miniature inhabitants can shred a small plastic bag - the type used to hold groceries - into 1.75 million microscopic fragments, according to a news study.
When scientists from University of Plymouth in England fed a plastic bag to Orchestia gammarellus, a tiny species of amphipod abundant in the coastal waters of Northern Europe, they were surprised at the rate at which t ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 11, 2017Offsetting Trump, Macron moves to 'Make Our Planet Great Again'  New Delhi (AFP) Dec 7, 2017Smog should stop play, Indian doctors tell cricket bosses  Nairobi (AFP) Dec 6, 2017World's nations adopt plan 'towards a pollution-free planet' |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 10, 2017 
Japan will hold a drill with the United States and South Korea this week to practise jointly detecting airborne missiles, officials said Sunday amid rising security threats from North Korea.
The announcement of the joint exercise, a sixth such drill since 2016, comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile which dropped into the sea inside Japan's exclusive economi ... more Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Israel shoots down rocket fired from Gaza: army  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Japan plans long-range missiles amid N. Korea threat: minister  Seoul (AFP) Dec 11, 2017US, S. Korea, Japan start missile-tracking drill, irking China |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 11, 2017 
UN officials who examined debris from missiles fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen have not confirmed that they were Iranian-made but are still analyzing the information, according to a confidential report obtained by AFP on Monday.
Saudi Arabia and the United States have accused Iran of supplying weapons to Yemen's Huthi rebels who fired a missile intercepted near Riyadh airport on November 4. ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017Raytheon awarded modified contract for AIM-120 missiles Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Poland to buy AMRAAMs, HIMARS systems from U.S.  Abu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 3, 2017UAE denies Yemen rebel missile entered its air space |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 
"Two-dimensional materials" - materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick - are promising for both high-performance electronics and flexible, transparent electronics that could be layered onto physical surfaces to make computing ubiquitous.
The best-known 2-D material is graphene, which is a form of carbon, but recently researchers have been investigating other 2-D materi ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that matters  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 
University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed a robotic learning technology that enables robots to imagine the future of their actions so they can figure out how to manipulate objects they have never encountered before. In the future, this technology could help self-driving cars anticipate future events on the road and produce more intelligent robotic assistants in homes, but th ... moreEl Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Aerospace's SeedTECH AI advances to second round of $5M IBM Watson XPRIZE Tokyo (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Tokyo airport to be 'scattered' with robots for 2020 Olympics  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2017Not Your Grandpa's Robot: Russian Robot 'FEDOR' May Become Self-Learning |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017  A new counter-drone system by German sensor-maker Hensoldt has been successfully demonstrated at an airfield in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany.
The counter-drone system - for protecting airports and infrastructure - is the Xpeller counter-UAV system, which combines radar, RF and optical sensors and a targeted jammer
Hensoldt said the system's individual elements were positioned ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2017China says Indian drone 'invaded' its airspace, crashed  Miami (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Falcon's attack strategy could inspire new drones: study  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2017'Go home' drone seeks to stop Japan overtime binge |
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